Elementary School for Witches
Plus an invitation to a Live Chat, a candle offering, and a Witch Festival!
Inside: A discussion of elemental magic and its relationship to Gemini season; an invitation to our Live Chat tomorrow (Thursday, May 30th at 1pm PST); an opportunity to win an extraordinarily special candle; an an FYI about the upcoming Salem Witch Fest! Read on!
As I discussed in my most recent Witch Guide, Gemini rules the 3rd House in astrology. Among other things, the 3rd House corresponds to elementary school education.
Let’s think about what the “elementary” stands for in elementary school. It’s both elemental as in basic/foundational, like, before you can do anything else, you have to learn this…
…and elemental also means that you’re learning to work with fundamental building blocks that make everything else make sense. You can’t read without learning your ABCs, and you can’t practice algebra without knowing multiplication.
What are the elementary practices of witchcraft? What are the things we need to know before we can do anything else, and which feed into everything else?
It’s easy, the elements! The elements are elementary!
In Traditional Witchcraft, the elements are fire, air, earth, and water.
Not only do the elements literally create everything we experience physically as the four states of matter (magma, gas, solid, and liquid), but they also show up in countless esoteric traditions: astrology, ritual, tarot, alchemy, hermeticism, spells, etc.
Gemini energy is curious. It always wants to know more. It wants to experiment. It wants direct encounter.
Gemini also rules the local, the neighborhood market, the community garden, the village high street.
We don’t have to go anywhere to experience the elements, because they’re always right here with us, and they have so much to teach!
Tomorrow at 1pm PST, I’ll be holding a one-hour Live Chat on the Substack APP to discuss the elements.
Specifically, we’ll be looking at how they show up in your birth chart, and how you can use your knowledge of them there to support your magical practice.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Love,
Amanda
P.S. If you have a chance to have a look at your chart before the Live Chat tomorrow so we can discuss it in greater depth that would be great. You can get a free version of your chart here.
Help the Environment and Win One of These Stunning Candles from FRL Studio
You can win a set of FRL Studio candles by donating to ANY organization that is dedicated to healing our connection with the land!
All you have to do to enter to win a candle is:
Make a donation of at least $15 to an organization of your choice. Need some help as to where you should donate? Check out this list.
Email a screenshot of your donation receipt to hello@frlstudio.com with “FRL GIVEAWAY” in the subject line by June 5, 2024.
Three submissions will be randomly chosen to win an FRL Studio Candle Set. Theresa will contact the winners to ask for shipping information on June 6th!
Come to the Salem Witch Fest this August!!
I’m so excited because I’m going to be participating in the Salem Witch Fest this year with some EXTRAORDINARY presenters. I’ll be leading a workshop called Who Are The Guardians: Deep Dive Into the Four Directions & their Guardians — Space, Time, & Beyond.
The festival will include:
Welcome Dinner at The Hawthorne Hotel with our Presenters (available for our VIP Ticket Holders)
Film Screening & Panel Discussion at Cinema Salem of The Wicker Man (1973)
Antilux: An Evening of Immersive ritual at the Historic Witch House
The Black Cat Cabaret - A costume party featuring hors d’ovres and cocktails, dancing, burlesque & drag performers.
Mercato Delle Streghe - A Witches Market featuring a curated selection of magical wares and dark artes.
Sunday Brunch - At The Hawthorne Hotel. Our closing event
Pub Crawl with The Presenters - A boozy walking tour of Salem with our Presenters (available for our VIP Ticket Holders)
In-Person attendees will also receive links to class recordings after the festival.
Hope that you can join us! Click the link below to find out more.